Employment Equality Act, 1977

Reference to Court of disputes relating to dismissal under section 3 (4).

27.—(1) A dispute as to whether or not there has been a contravention of section 3 (4) in relation to the dismissal of a person may be referred to the Court by that person.

(2) Where a dispute is referred under this section to the Court, section 26 shall apply to the dispute as if it were a complaint under that section.

(3) A person who accepts in respect of a particular dismissal redress awarded under section 9 or 10 of the Act of 1974 or under section 7 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 , shall not be entitled to accept redress awarded under this Act in respect of that dismissal, and a person who accepts in respect of a particular dismissal redress awarded under this Act shall not be entitled to accept redress awarded under section 9 or 10 of the Act of 1974 or under section 7 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 , in respect of that dismissal.